Spinohypothalamic tract neurons in the cervical enlargement of rats: Locations of antidromically identified ascending axon and their collateral branches in the contralateral brain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 435-451

  Kostarczyk, Ewa ^a   Zhang, Xijing ^a   Giesler Jr , Glenn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031029306     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.1.435     Document Type: Article

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